arrangers: []
barcode: '4988601461023'
catalog: SQEX-10112
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/139
  names:
    en: Yoko Shimomura
    ja: 下村陽子
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discs:
- disc_length: '59:49'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Legend of Mana ~Title Theme~
      Japanese: Legend of Mana ~Title Theme~
    track_length: '3:38'
  - names:
      English: Take the Offensive
      Japanese: Take the Offensive
    track_length: '2:54'
  - names:
      English: Destati
      Japanese: Destati
    track_length: '3:21'
  - names:
      English: Hometown Domina
      Japanese: ホームタウン ドミナ
    track_length: '3:13'
  - names:
      English: The Bird Flies in the Sky, the Fish Swims in the River
      Japanese: 鳥児在天空飛翔 魚児在河里游泳
    track_length: '2:18'
  - names:
      English: To the Heroes of Old ~Opening Theme from HEROES of MANA~
      Japanese: 古の勇者達へ ~Opening Theme from HEROES of MANA~
    track_length: '2:09'
  - names:
      English: Twinkle Twinkle Holidays
      Japanese: Twinkle Twinkle Holidays
    track_length: '2:45'
  - names:
      English: Tango Appassionata ~The Way This Heart Is~
      Japanese: Tango Appassionata ~その心のままに~
    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      English: Colored Earth
      Japanese: 彩りの大地
    track_length: '3:19'
  - names:
      English: Forgotten Wings ~Forgotten Wings~
      Japanese: Forgotten Wings ~忘れられた翼~
    track_length: '5:42'
  - names:
      English: The 13th Anthology
      Japanese: The 13th Anthology
    track_length: '6:38'
  - names:
      English: Manifold Irons
      Japanese: Manifold Irons
    track_length: '3:01'
  - names:
      English: Ruined Sparkling City
      Japanese: 滅びし煌きの都市
    track_length: '4:50'
  - names:
      English: The Other Promise
      Japanese: The Other Promise
    track_length: '5:07'
  - names:
      English: The Tale Told by the Wind ~Ending Theme from HEROES of MANA~
      Japanese: 風が教えてくれた物語 ~Ending Theme from HEROES of MANA~
    track_length: '3:58'
  - names:
      English: Somnus
      Japanese: Somnus
    track_length: '2:27'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/136
  names:
    en: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックディストリビューション
    ja-latn: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
  role: distributor
link: album/6988
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2008-02-14T13:15
  edited_date: 2022-05-02T23:36
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T09:06
  freedb: 79
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 37257
name: drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-
names:
  en: drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-
  ja: ドラマティカ | ザ・ベリーベスト オブ 下村陽子
  ja-latn: drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-
notes: '01. Legend of Mana ~Title Theme~ [Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1999 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  02. Take the Offensive [FRONT MISSION]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1995 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  03. Destati [KINGDOM HEARTS Series]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©Walt Disney Music Company Copyrights Renewed.

  All Right Reserved. Internation Copyrights Secured. Rights for Japan controlled
  by YAMAHA MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC

  04. Hometown Domina [Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1999 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  05. The Bird Flies in the Sky, the Fish Swims in the River [LIVE A LIVE]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1994 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  06. To the Heroes of Old ~Opening Theme from HEROES of MANA~ [Seiken Densetsu HEROES
  of MANA]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©2007 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  07. Twinkle Twinkle Holidays [KINGDOM HEARTS Series]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©Walt Disney Music Company Copyrights Renewed.

  All Right Reserved. Internation Copyrights Secured. Rights for Japan controlled
  by YAMAHA MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC

  08. Tango Appassionata ~The Way This Heart Is~ [Seiken Densetsu HEROES of MANA]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©2007 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  09. Colored Earth [Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1999 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  10. Forgotten Wings ~Forgotten Wings~ [LIVE A LIVE]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1994 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  11. The 13th Anthology [KINGDOM HEARTS Series]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©Walt Disney Music Company Copyrights Renewed.

  All Right Reserved. Internation Copyrights Secured. Rights for Japan controlled
  by YAMAHA MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC

  12. Manifold Irons [FRONT MISSION]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1995 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  13. Ruined Sparkling City [Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©1999 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  14. The Other Promise [KINGDOM HEARTS Series]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©Walt Disney Music Company Copyrights Renewed.

  All Right Reserved. Internation Copyrights Secured. Rights for Japan controlled
  by YAMAHA MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC

  15. The Tale Told by the Wind ~Ending Theme from HEROES of MANA~ [Seiken Densetsu
  HEROES of MANA]

  ℗2008 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD. ©2007 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  16. Somnus [FINAL FANTASY Versus XIII]*

  ℗&©2006 SQUARE ENIX CO.,LTD.

  * Game was later retitled to FINAL FANTASY XV after this album was released.

  Original Music Composed, Arranged & Produced by Yoko Shimomura

  Orchestrated by Natsumi Kameoka

  -Track 01-15-

  Performed by the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln and the Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble Essen

  Conductor: Eckehard Stier / Choir Master: Wolfgang Kläsener

  1st Violin: Juraj Cizmarovic / 1st Viola: Dan Lupu

  Piano: Elzbieta Kalvelage / Bandoneon: Stephan Langenberg

  Orchestra Manager: Winfried Fechner

  Recording Producer: Stephan Cahen (Scoreworkers)

  Balance Engineer: Jin Choi (Scoreworkers)

  Edited by Stephan Cahen (Scoreworkers) at StudioSeventy-one, Düsseldorf

  Mixed by Kazuhiko Misumi (Ton Meister) / Mixing Assistant: Ayako Sasaki (Ton Meister)

  Production Coordinator in Köln: Thomas Böcker (Merregnon Studios)

  Interpreter in Köln: Kanako Böcker (Merregnon Studios)

  Recorded January 14-18, 2008 at Funkhaus Wallrafplatz Köln, Germany

  Mastered by Yuka Koizumi at Studio Orange

  -Bonus Track-

  Somnus [FINAL FANTASY Versus XIII]

  Composed by Yoko Shimomura / Orchestration by Kaoru Wada

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Masahiro Yamada

  Recorded at SOUND INN STUDIOS INC.

  Recording Coordinator: Kazuyuki Doki

  Vocal: Andrea Hopkins / Lyrics: Tetsuya Nomura

  Translation: Taro Yamashita / Lyrics Adaptation: Kazuhiro Komiya

  Piano: Shinko Ogata / Strings: Masatsugu Shinozaki Group

  Product Manager: Masayuki Tanaka, Masashi Kitagawa

  Art Direction: Tadashi Shimada (Banana Studio)

  Design: Tadashi Shimada, Norie Kadokura (Banana Studio)

  Cover Photography: Hiroshi Shibaizumi, Mari Kurihara (Hand Made)

  Producer: Soshi Yoshida / CD Production Director: Nozomi Miyazawa

  CD Production Assistant: Satoko Amikura, Chizuru Abumiya / CD Promotion Coordinator:
  Akio Shiraishi

  Executive Producer: Izumi Tsukushi

  Supervisor: Koji Taguchi

  Special Thanks to

  Tetsuya Nomura, Ichiro Hazama, Shinji Hashimoto, Chen Patrick, Kakuko Obinata, Ryou
  Inakura, Yasuhiro Takamatsu,

  Emi Uesaku, Kazuki Hamamoto, Saeko Kanazawa, Shinya Kushima, Emiko Funahashi, Sachiko
  Ikoma, ikkku'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/112
  names:
    en: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    ja: 株式会社スクウェア・エニックス
    ja-latn: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/5151
  names:
    en: WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne
    ja: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
- names:
    en: Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble Essen
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platforms:
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance
- SNES (Super Famicom)
- Sony PlayStation
- Sony PlayStation 2
- Sony PlayStation 3
products:
- link: product/215
  names:
    en: Legend of Mana
    ja: 聖剣伝説 LEGEND OF MANA
    ja-latn: Seiken Densetsu LEGEND OF MANA
- link: product/330
  names:
    en: Front Mission
    ja: フロントミッション
    ja-latn: Front Mission
- link: product/236
  names:
    en: Kingdom Hearts
    ja: キングダム ハーツ
    ja-latn: Kingdom Hearts
- link: product/237
  names:
    en: Kingdom Hearts II
    ja: キングダムハーツII
    ja-latn: Kingdom Hearts II
- link: product/1804
  names:
    en: 'Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'
    ja: キングダム ハーツ チェイン オブ メモリーズ
    ja-latn: 'Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'
- link: product/327
  names:
    en: LIVE A LIVE
    ja: ライブ・ア・ライブ
    ja-latn: LIVE A LIVE
- link: product/220
  names:
    en: Heroes of Mana
    ja: 聖剣伝説 HEROES of MANA
    ja-latn: Seiken Densetsu HEROES of MANA
- link: release/2619
  names:
    en: Final Fantasy Versus XIII
    ja: ファイナルファンタジー ヴェルサスXIII
    ja-latn: Final Fantasy Versus XIII
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2008-03-26'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints: []
stores: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/6988?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Interview:
  - link: http://web.archive.org/web/20080802134421/www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=269
    name: Interview with Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura (archived)
  Official:
  - link: http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/drammatica/main.html
    name: drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-
  Review:
  - link: https://www.rpgfan.com/music-review/drammatica-the-very-best-of-yoko-shimomura/
    name: RPGFan's Review (Patrick)
  - link: http://www.squareenixmusic.com/reviews/resk/drammatica.shtml
    name: SEMO's Review (Resk)
